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1 that goes into
chine will make
' law or 0
Shell for a 75 «:5,
and the steel "3
)ard motors woul
,chine gun with
:rs could shoot
ER EVANS
0N LEAVE
. Chester Evans of Fort
is home this week. He has
l'ansferred to Fort Mead af-
Inpleting
‘3 Tank Division at Fort
He returns to duty Friday.
LOU HAMILTON
IN SPARS
etter received from Mrs.
Hamilton, Gardiner, Ore.,
that her daughter Mary
v now in the Spars. A part
letter follows.
have wanted the Journal
her but have been waiting
LN 10¢ Li
—S EE—
.1 Ferrier,
l you.
“ of November. She com-
her boot training the week
I
owl“:
Christmas and qualified for
‘ School. She thought that
*3 was for a six week’s
88 that had been the
.0f the period previously.
. the officers lengthened
InOd one week, then two
. “longer and the last for an
"‘11. nine weeks.
girls were very much dis-
ed at first but now they
up
lver"
, . . .ed to the idea and are not
EN AND it"
ERS ISHOP
W CHIEF
8- Bishop, stationed at Sand
"has been promoted from
’1 Metalsmith 1/c to Chief
’1 Metalsmith.
E CARDINAL
0N LEAVE
mdayi
[7108 siting his wife and baby
Ir1P Roberts, Calif, where
m_ been stationed. He has
n
or Hoodsport 20
017' SOME
MEN
.Gilbert Vig
"ling March 7 from Camp
‘i Calif.‘ He will be sent to :
enFling. Georgia, where he
tlnue with his paratroop
3’31 Mallows will complete
ring in the Field Artillery
g t Part of March.
7 -» 5“ Jackson, in the infanv
‘ .shes his training in April.
' "tinned on Page 1‘vw»
hem red, half of them
9’6 on hand in the 19
‘ and central Washington
. ,‘ Of this OPA district to-
. Inlike change on ration
"1138 as the new simpli-
Started roling.
°kens were distributed ac-
the retailer’s estimate
r Change‘making needs.
etallers had approximate-
noo. red' tokens and 5,-
‘ blucs.
e. Your system
if you do your
lrlses in Lenten
(ou right now}!
ted snow gelieve there‘s an ample
O U R h “Fad on population," B.
fienogham, OPA district
25-1138. “111g representative said.
'4 mers: get their first tok-
' fha‘nge from their dealers.
”‘ ers get their tokens from
E: With ration checks. If
no ration banking
lad on he uses a. "bingo" sheet
Z L A 1:" he sticks 25 10-point
3- gummed sheet and
Points $24211? any bank for 250
may be used as change
- - - new blue stamps for pro-
tOfMS. and the new red
e2; rtgreats-fats, all of
, 0 10 points. Tokens
------- -- lb' y be used as change for
lb. 69 alien
________ ” lb_ 3 ts d, the old brown stamps
‘fats which expire on
I
bs_,,, 8-02. 31 Until March 20, l-point
a brown stamps also may
' Change.
. Ves are urged to use all
a“ and brown stamps be-
33 the new red and blue
3’ dOing so, they will use
“old 8. 5, 2 and 1 point
first When those are gone
, Itiled only war ration
, “y rationed foods, since
“P8 are in that book too.
, t{rill be valid indefinitely
"hu- be kept in circulation
"ued on Page Three)
SEED
stable
as
[Flavor
' ion Book
ilShows
fl ty Gain
distribution of war ra-
;. 4 for the state of
“i by counties, was
"today by Arthur cl.“
Atrict director, Office
l. stration.
1‘7'3‘) I tll(5 113t1llli '131Ilfll‘
ii, I417. In Washington,
. . 97¢ '
. $2.79
. $5.39 -'
“In. 24 880; Cholan,
“Nam, 22,202; Clark,
Col
3’323 Franklin, 9,215:
1 3,3356; oral-t. 6.92 l
Mambo; 46,543; Island,
:Kemn! 7.710; King.
3 “sap, 92.754; Kitti-
' Kficldtat, 9,073;
In, 9,401;
Okanogan, 25,-
54 , ,379; Bend
7. 3: Perce, 206,905;
l, 2.312; Skagflo. 34,-
, I “Fig. i364 ; 820110012-
‘ ' Po ans, 1 1,1 ;
‘1‘l900; Thurston, 87,—
' um, 3,212; “’afla.
24:6},Vhatcom, 55,579;
Douglas, 6,026;
o
D
his basic training
Permanent address but her 5
t training school has been .
ed for such a long time that ,
ant her to have it now. l
has been in the Spars since ‘
3,8 Cardinal is home this,
transferred to Ford 0rd,
will complete ‘
l
.stamps for process ,
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VOL. LVIII—NO. 9
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Colonel Lawson H. M'. Sanderson (left) or Shéltonpa veteran _’
of the battle of Guadalcanal, received the, Legion of’ Merit award
in ceremonies held recently at the Marine corps Air Station, Santa ».
Barbara, Calif. Making the presentation is Marine Major-General
J. C. Fegan. ‘
l
l Beerbower’s
Have Five Sons .
In "Serwce
Another Mason' county family
with five sons in, the service
came to Bilge. this week chal—
lenge the family of .. elton
for the honor of having the
largest service family. There
are five Lee boys in the service
also. i - . '
In addition to the five, all
sons of Mr. and Mrs. George
Boerbower,,there are two grand-
sons, of thecouple-Vlh the‘vser-
v'lce which gives them a. little
edge.
The five Beerbower boys are:
Pvt. Floyd K., army; Pvt. Vir—
gil E., army; Cpl. Leonard T.,
army; Harold B., A.M.M.3/c,
U. S. navy, and Forrest D.,
navy. The grandsons are Pvt.
Robert L. Huff and Cpl. Clar-
ence E. Grower.
Young Democrats
Go To Yakima
Three officers of the Young
Dem’ocrats Club of Mason county
travelled to Yakima last week end
to attend a meeting of the exe-
cutive board of the state organ-
ization.
At a banquet held following the
business meeting the Young Dem-
ocrats heard National Commitee-
man Ed Carroll call on Demo-
ocrats to back President Roose-
velt for a fourth term. Howard
Costigan also addresssd the meet-
ing in regard to the state-wide
voters registration drive sponsor-
ed by, a bi-partisan committee.
The organization went on rec-
ord opposing Initiative 155, which
would set up a three man board
to handle labor disputes; sponsor-
ed the Wagner-Murray—Dingle
social security bill, and called on
State P.U.D. Commissioner G. A.
Peters to investigate aoltivities
of anti-P.U.D. commissioners in
. the state.
Those attending from the local
club were Everett Fourre, presi-
dent; Pete Melin, secretary, and
Dick Watson, treasurer.
Fourth War Loan
Drive is Over
With over $700,000 in bonds
sold, Mason county is well over
the top in the Fourth War Loan
drive which ended Tuesday, Chair-
man Walter M. Elliott announced
yesterday.
Sales of Series E bonds and
sales to individuals fell about 20
per cent below the quota set, but
other sales succeeded in pushing
the total over the‘ top.
l -Final figures and a list of the
workers‘ who aided in putting
over the drive, Will be carried in
01$ 4 were issuedv ,neitt week's Journal.
{mom Pulppilniii
Will Start; Operations
“mbla, 4,134; Cow- '
The Tacoma plant of the St.
Regis Paper Company will start
operating again late next month,
Walter DeLong, manager, an-
nounced last week. The plant has
been closed on government order
since November 1, 1942.
DeLong said about 350 men will
be employed to start, and the num-
ber will be increased.
NEGLIGENT
Charles Strickland of Shelton
was fined $100 and costs by Jus-
tice M. C. Zintheolast week on!
a charge of‘: negligent drivmg.
cer Paul Hughey.
Service Wins
, Marine Corps Air Station, San-
"ta Barbara, Calif—Colonel Law~
son H. M. Sanderson, veteran
Shelton, Wash, Marine Corps
flyer, has been awarded the Le-
gion of Merit for “exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the per-
formance of outstanding service
to the Government of the United
States.” '
In ceremonies at this statiOn,
where he is commanding officer
of a Marine air group, the cov-
eted medal was pinned on his
blouse by Major General J. 'C.
Fegan,-of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
‘ Colonel Sanderson, who already
wears. the Distinguished Flying
Cross for having -Inade the first
dong overwater hop, was given the
Legion of 'Merit for his work, 'as
, operations officer of a Marine airo'
jcraft wing during action against
the Japs on Guadalcanal during
three months late in 1942'.
The medal ranks just behind
the Distinguished Service Cross
and just ahead of the Silver Star.
It is the fourth highest given to
Naval Personnel.
.Colonel Sanderson, whose‘ wife
and two children, Lawson, 16, and
Doris, 19, live in Santa Barbara,
Calif, is a veteran of 27 years
i in the Corps. He is generally con-
lsidered the father of dive bomb-
ving. He participated in the cam-
paigns in Haiti and Nicaragua,
and established world air speed
records for the years 1925 and
1926. .
The citation read in part,
“Charged with the coordination,
supervision and tactical employ-
ment of all Army, Navy and Mar-
ine Corps aircraft based on Guad-
alcanal, Colonel Sanderson per-
formed these important duties ef-
ficiently, courageously and with
complete disregard for his own
personal safety . . . in the face of
repeated enemy bombing and
naval gunfire."
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Grange» Sponsors
War Bond. Drive
I “Buy a‘Bomber for Boyington”
is the slogan of a war bond drive
just launched by the Washington
State Grange, with $333,000 in
bond sales as the
reached by March 17. War bond
purchases made by the Granges
and Grange members between
iFebruary 16 and the end of the
!drive are to be reported to State
Grange headquarters in Seattle,
and will be allocated to “buy” a.
Boeing flying fortress in honor of
Major Gregory Boyington, the
great Marine Corps ace. from Ok—
anogan, who bagged 26 J ap planes
before he was reported missing
in action January 3.
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.McCleary Will Stay
With A. F. of L.
Workers in the large Simpson
-Logging Co. factory operation in
McCleary have voted by a major.
ity of almost three to one to re-
main in the A.F.L. Union.
Returns on the election held last
week give those favoring the A.
F.L. asr268 to 109 favoring the
,C.I.0. Ten other votes were cast.
‘ Of these eight were contested; one
'voided and the other being for no
union.
Tom Doakes Has
21st Birthday
Though he voted in the presi-
dential election» in 1880, Tom
.Doakes, Mason county pioneer,
celebrated his 2lst birthday here
Tuesday. He is 88 years old.»
Mr. Doakes was born February
1' 29, 1856 and has lived in Mason
county for over 50 years, though
his birthdays have been few and
four years apart.
CITY COUNCIL"
Shelton City Council will ,hold
7. and Yakima, Strickland Was arrested by Offi- its regular session this
evening at ever
1 the local pers
‘the City Hall at 8 p.111.
goal to be-
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 2, 1944.
Woody Receives, Maie Leon of rii Easter Egg
Hunt Will 'Be
'Held Again"
l One of Shelton's most popular
’civic affairs of recent‘yea’rs Will
again be held this Easter after '8.
year’s absence because'of the'war.
At its meeting last week the
Shelton. Active Club voted toagain
put on the annual Easter Egg'hunt
if at all possible. , ' '
The Easter Egg 'hunt, ‘an an-
nual event for many years; was
. one that the children of the com
lmunity looked forward to, and it
iwas with regret that the Club
called off the’ event last year be-
‘ cause of the shortage ‘of' food.
At the present time however
there is a surplus of eggs so that i
the organizatiOn feels that they
can again put on the affair With-
out wasting valuable foOd pro—
ducts. ' ‘
President Pete Melin appointed
Ed McKinney as chairman of the
Egg hunt with a committee -of
Dean Archer and Gene Hanson. A
site for the affair has not' been
chosen as yet. Because the city
park is badly torn up for reno.
vation purposes'it is possible that
this year’s hunt will be held at
the ball. park. '
'Bob Million also announced
3 that arrangements for the 'annual
Stag Smoker. to be held next Wed-
nesday, March 8' at the ‘Labor
Temple, have been virtually-com-
pleted and 'a'bi'g “evening of‘ fun
planned for’all.
LQgiOn 70f M éri t 01‘~ Woody Creamery Shows
Good Report
1' Stockholders, of the
County Creamery Assaclation who
attended the annual meeting. held
at the Memorial building Saturv
day learned thatthe organization
was 'now in the most promising
condition in recent years in spite‘
of the difficulties of
eration:- , v
1 Manager Emil Lauber reported
that the renovation-of the entire
plant and overhauling of machin'v
cry was practically completed and
that the ‘ painting would be fin-
ished as soon as weatherpermit-
ted. The annual report Showed
also that old obligationshaid been
greatly. decreased Having.» the past
yea‘r and that the future propects
looked bright. ‘
-‘ Al Huerby and Party Jones
were re-elected to the board Of
directbrs for three year terms.
Hold-over members are Jack Lie-
gel, Myrvan Wiv’ell and Lyle Wil-‘
son. The following officers were
also rc-elected: Myrva‘n Wivell,
president;. Jack Liegel, vice-pres—
ldent, and Parry Jones, secretary-
treasurer. Out of a total of 2785
shares of stock outstanding, 1967
shares were represented ‘at the
meeting either, directly or by
proxy.
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fNavy Plane In
Crash; TwoDie -7 '
The 13th naval district staff
headquarters announced . Thursday
two men were killed whens. small
navy planecrashed into the sea.
off Pacific Beach, Wash, while on
a scheduled mission. Plane and
bodies were recovered.
They were aviation pilot, Har-
old Lynn Heckler. of »Tampa.
Kans., who only. last week was
recommended for commissioning
as a lieutenant (junior grade). and
a. passenger, Seaman Robert Mc-
Ghee, Jacksboro, Tenn.
Hackler, who held a- master’s
degree in music from the Univers-
ity of Kansas, is survived by his
widow, living at Union, Wash.
l McGhee‘s nextvof kin is his father,
-Ru~ssell McGhee, Dayton,~ Ohio.
l . Both men were stationed at the
wartime ops
. local airport.
DAUGHTER ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher are
the parents of. a baby daughter
born at the Shelton hospital on
March 1.
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MaSon
,ocal Camp and Hospital Committee
Purple Heart
Awarded To
Harry Deyette Jr.
On display in County Auditor
Harry Deyette's office this
Week is the Purple Heart medal
awarded. to his son Harry Dey-
ette, Jr., following his death on
the Italian battlefield.
The medal was received by
young Deyette’s widow who re-
sides in Spokane, but who is
visiting in Shelton at present.
, .Tho citation accompanying
the medal reads in part, “The
Purple Heart established by
George Washington, August 7,
1782, awarded «to Technician
Fourth. Grade Harry N. Day-
ette for Military Merit and for
wounds received in action ro-
sultlng in his death December
3, 1943.”
'
Pork, Beef.
R 't' P ' t
‘V allies Clit
Fewer ration points will be re-
quired for pork and many beef
cuts beginning Sunday.
. The Office, of Price Administra-
tion,.in.reporting a larger civilian
allotment of meat available for
March than had been anticipated,
announced the good news to
‘ housewives teday.
: The increased supplies are con-
lfined to pork and beef. The point
'values of veal, lamb and mutton
lcuts are not changed.
Butter will remain at 16 points
‘a (pound and there is no change
in the present values of cheese,
lard and all other fats and dairy
products.
To Reduce Stocks
The War Food Administration
said :the adjustment in ration
values is designed to help reduce
stooks of meat which, together
with other perishables, are crowd—
ing. cold‘ storage facilities.
This is the season, it was ex-
plained, when room must be pro-
vided for the extra butter that
will be produced during the
sprin ,and early summer. Addi-
tiona room is needed also for
eggs” , .. 4. ,
Civilian allocation of meats
has been increased by nearly
550,000,000 pounds for the Jan~
nary—March quarter. Some of this
extra allocation already has mov-
. ed to consumers under the special
(Continued on Page ‘rwm
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5 BABY DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Johnson
of Belfair are the parents of p.
daughter born at the Shelton hos-
pital on February 25. ,
I Deferments To
Be Reviewed
By Draft Board
non-fathers will be sharply
scrutinized the Shelton Selective
board announced that all defer-
ments for non—fathers under 38
in class Z-A and 2-8 will be
reviewed. Members of the board
flatly stated that such defer-
ments will not be renewed on
their expiration date unless the
registrant is engaged in critical
war work. ;
Men in 2-0 having agricul-
tural deferments are also being
reviewed since the amount Of
farm units necessary for a. dc-
ferment has been raised from
eight to 16,- Mrs. Marjorie
Cooper. draft board clerk an-
nounced.
Several small calls have been
received but have been filled
'by men going up for immediate
induction under the new pre-
lnductlon physical examination
system. Lat-est to enter the
army is Richard B. Baldwin of
Route 3.
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f Service Men
.Busy Taking Care 0
Acting as a "sort of .go-between
for the citizens of Mason county
and the personnel. at. the naval
,air base here, the Red Cross Camp
and Hospital committee has been
'very busy in the pasbtwoyears.
l So far Chairman Phil‘Murphy
states they have furnished five
day, or lotmge rooms at the air
base, and four, mortars being
furnished; 100 new subscriptions-
to popular magazines have. been
made; bundles of magazines .for
.troops in outside areas have also
' been furnished bypthis committee
and a dance is jammed for each
month at the baso‘. , g
,Mrs. Ethel Mamet, vice-chair-
_man ,of the commuters is in charge
of the parties-and outstanding
were the Christmas. and Valen-
tine's parties. Ray’s orchestra has
donated their services .for these
, dances whenever they archeld.
i All activities or. thiscommittee:
of the Red Cross have been fur-
nished or financed by the citiv
zens of Shelton and Mason county
through the Cam and. Hospital
committee of, the ed. Cross, Ma-
son County Chapter. The coin—
-mittcc has also arranged when-
possible toilnd homes. for
One activity of this committee
which has received northWest rec-
ognition is that of securing ways
and means for the boys located
here to be able to hunt and fish,
and in some cases this has pro-
Vided many of the eastern boys
With their only, and their first
chance of this means of relaxa-
tion from duty.
., This committee figures that
about 85 per cent of the personnel g
Iat the air base are those who!
have nothing to do, with their
'Bparc time when not on duty.
Some of the boys have been here
long enough to get acquainted
,and have found friends here with
‘whom they can spend their lib-
erty time, but many of them!
Would be lost, if it were not for
the work .of. the Camp and H08-
‘ital‘ committee- If there was a
capital at the base, the com-
mittee would also have charge of
furnishing that, but so far there
has been no hospital, in connec-
tion with the base. .
The rest of the committee in-
cludes Miss Pearl. Dutcher,
Anna Kneeland, Mrs. Charles .
Lewis, Mrs. Don Clark. Mrs. W -
I tor Kullrich and Mrs. Lydia. Tow-
i
Warning that deforments of I Mr. and Mrs. J.‘A. Schlange
{Scout Drive
Continues
‘In Shelton
Solicitors were busy this week
mopping up the last prospects in
the current Boy Scout Fund cam-
paign which began last Saturday.
The drive has proved very suc-
cessful with a large amount of
money already turned in, Herb
Ddurand, local chairman announc~
e .
Durand also requested all men!
working on the campaign to turn
in their money to their team cap-
tains as soon as possible. A check-
in meeting was held at the Hotel
Shelton last evening.
As an illustration of the poten- I
tial benefit to be derived from
Scouting, Durand pointed out that
the value of the paper, metal and
otl r materials collected by the
S'outs since the war started, in
Mason county alone, more than
tops the entire aiiiourr. of money
raised in drives here for the
Scouts since they met organized
.ll this district.
Scouts in Turnwater Council
901 over $105,000 worth of VIEW
.3? :is in the Fourth Va: Loan
drive just completed. This was al-
most entirely in Series E bonds.
Mason county district contribut-
ed much in the drive, half being
in direct pledges and the other
half the boys saw that the people
bought bonds or completed stamp
books. .
It was also announced that a
new Scout troop is being formed
in the Skokomish Valley and that
Hoodsport’s troop is being re—or-
ganized.
i
{Fuel Oil Men
lMeet Tuesday
l The District Office of Price Ad—
ministration has called a very
important meeting for all fuel oil
dealers in Mason county. It is
to be held at the Ration Board
on March 17, 1944, at 8 o'clock
p. m.
We are: faced with a severe
shortage of fuel oil and must have
the cooperation of everyone to
prevent hardships for many.
i In general, fuel oil is much too
,Scarce to permit giving out extra
rations ’just‘ because a consumer‘s
supply runs low. People are ex—
pected to make their rations last.
No matter how many rations the
board issues, the oil supply re-
mains the same. If a. board grants
too many additional rations, there
will not be enough oil to go
, around. Wasteful c o n s u In e r 5
should not be permitted to get
oil which should go to those who
have been more careful with their
rations.
So, will all fuel oil dealers please
attend the meeting. The informal.
tion they receive will be to their
advantage.
Red Cross Is
Active Overseas
of Belfair receiVed an interest~
ing note recently from Cpl. Tech.
Kay L. Thompson, a relative, from
somewhere in the British Isles.
It is a large sheet of paper with
six short articles written by Er-
nie Pyle, an American newspaper
reporter who wrote a series of
articles about the American Red
Cross and ‘what it is doing for
the soldiers. These six articles
are on various phases of work
done overseas by the Red Cross
for the boys there and is quite
interesting.
On the back page is a blank
space for a note and Corporal
Thompson states that,this paper
was picked up at the Red Cross
Club in Bath, where he stopped
while doing a little sight seeing.
He. says, “I thought it might
be fairly interesting and you may
like to road it, so am sending it
to you. It gives you a good idea
how we arc trcated over here.“
House Refuses
To Limit Debate
itespording to the appeal of
Governor Langlie for a short ses-
sion and consideration only of the
soldier’s vote plan, which the Sen-
ate voted to follow, the House re-
fuses to join and plans to bring,
up other issues. Former Governor
Martin. appointed to vacancy and
with an eye on the Senate, heads
the movement to increase the pen-
sion limits from $40 to $50, and
the resolution to limit the session
was voted down. Our
son and Savage joined
vote. With Ford absent.
School Board
Election Saturday
With no contest over positions
in the District 309 school board
election, Shelton voters will go to
the polls Saturday'for the first
time inthis election year.
Dr. Eugene Browning and Ar-
thur Walton are the two candi-
dates in this district. Browning
is running for the position in Div-
ision three and Walton in Divi-
sion four. .
Elections throughout the county
will also fill vacancies in the v ‘ --
ious boards.
in this
"Coulity :lgcnt lllfl‘e. is
Senator I
Black and Representatives Pear- ; busy on East Pine street with a
Gran
GREEN
wAsniu
6¢ PER COPY; $2.50 PER YEAR
{Red Cross
.War Fund
Drive Opens Here;
u...“
‘ Local War Fund
l Drive Offices
Are Opened
The fled Cross “’ar Fund
' Drive will have a local office
In charge of Mrs. Myron Lund,
located in the Graham Build-
ing. It is planned now to keep
the office open from nine
o’clock in the morning until
li‘ne o'clock in the evening for
first [no u oaks of the drive.
= evening hours may change
‘~r, but the office will be
r. all day and there will be
icoiiz- in charge to answer
ions, l“€‘{‘("li.i,‘ Hills On. ice
' i to receive any lami-
'.3; phone :Iilii‘2flcjr of
ill}: cll‘f'icc villi li-l‘ 117.
Charles Wright, captain of
the business district solicitors
for the Red Cross War Fund
Drive has announced the fol-
lowing as his assistants: V. T.
Connolly, M. C. Zinthco, \V. A.
“'itsicrs. “'alter George and
Roy McConkey.
ECo nsolidatio
jOf Schools
Discussed
A discussion of the new school
district reorganization law was
had at the Kiwanis Club Tuesday
bringing the new 'subject to the
attention or the public with its
good and bad points. Robert
Trenckmann was in charge of the
program, and the meeting was
attended by several teachers and
directors of outside districts where
revisions are planned.
The subject, wasbopened by Rep-
resentative ' Savage who explained
the operation as passed by the 1941
Legislature, intended to correct
inequalities in school districts,
some dating back to the early days
when districts were formed in
settlements which have now so
grown or changed in population
or lost in taxing revenues that they
cannot be carried on without state
support. By regrouping in many
cases better facilities can be giv-
en school children, he stated.
Henry Turner of the state de-
partment of education, who is urg-
ing consolidations OVer the state,
reviewed the purposes and illust-
rated by chart the inequities of the
old lines and pointed out how
changes and consolidations would
make for better education of child-
lern as well as higher students in
centralized high schools, make the
poorer districts more self-support-
ing and independent of the state,
Continued on Page Seven)
Drew Buys
Winery Interest
An important business trans-
action was recorded last week
with the purchase by H. E. Drew
of the interest of E. J. Wright
and H. K. Benson, two of his
four partners in the Stretch Is-
land Winery at Grapeview. The
other two partners, Wilbur Reeves
and Erich Steenborg who are ac-
tive in the operation of the win-
ery will continue in the same ca.—
pacity.
The purchase includes in addi—
tion to the winery stock the fine
home and vinyard of Mr. \«Vright
who moved to Seattle Six months
The winery produces
popular Belle Isle wines from is?
land Belle grapes.
ill/Ir. Drew, who
.. .~,-,
«ixfi-u.
was {(ll'llli‘l'
01' Olympia.
Surveyors Are
Busy in County
With surveying crews active
throughout the county. progress of
the proposed Bremerton-Slielton
railroad is finally underway, but
the route of the railroad and
starting date of actual work are
still in the forecasting stage.
One surveying group has been
survey line which would have the
railroad crossing the highway on
an elevated trestle, continuing on
a grade which would carry it
along the side, of the hill above
the Standard Oil company stor-
age tanks.
Another crew is reported out
near Dayton working on the 'old
Mason County Logging Co. grade.
BABY SON
A baby son arrived at the Shel-
ton hospital on February 28 for
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Longacrc.
RECEIVING TREATMENT
Ben. Larson, [employee of Reed
Mill No. 2 ~was admitted to the
Shelia!) hospital on February 2.5
' -' for treatment of injuries.
the .
. us,
a resident I '
Quota IS $11,200
I There‘s going to be a knock
on your door soon.
Representing the 10 million men
‘and women in the armed service
at whose side the American Red
Cross will stand in every corner
of the globe, a voluntr'er worker
will ask for your donation.
In years past, Mason county
jresidcnts were asked to give only
i a dollar.
But in those
71"
, . ; . 2i .. . mil on
business houses and appointed vol-
untccrs will arrange payroll de-
ductions in the larger firms.
Persons who contribute to the
=fund will receive a. metal lapel
iflag with Red Cross symbol.
l The Mason county quota has.
been set at $11,200 and the nation-
lal goal is 200 million dollars. In
‘order to meet these quotas, the
,average family must contribute
‘$7, $6.30 of which will be spent
on direct services to the armed
forces, the other 70 cents into a.
disaster relief fund and other ser-
vices.
l Ed Perdue, fund chairman for
'Mason county, yesterday urged
everyone to give generously.
“Red Cross knows no race, col-
"or or creed." he said. “It is the
greatest mother in the world. It
is the connecting link between
us all in time of need, war, disas-
ter or distress.”
Women Needed
Far Housework
An appeal to women to do
housework “was issued this week
by the Ideal nurse‘s organization
in order to free imarried nurses
so that they may work at the
hospital during the present emer-
gency.
It was pointed out that of the
18 nurses required for the effi-
cient operation of the local hos-
pital, only eight will be left by
the end of this week. Local mar-
ried women, with nursing exper-
ience, have cooperated splendidly,
but the need to care for their
homes and children, and the diffi-
culty of securing somebody to
help them is stopping most from
working at the hospital.
r Any women interested in ac-
cepting positions for housework
and care of children are asked to
contact Mrs. Ken Blanchard at
193W.
l
‘ MARRIAGE LICENSES
Paul Sharp, Bremerton and
Theresa Bryson, Castle Rock;
Llewllyn E. Millard, Hoodsport
and Emma Cleora Simpson, Shel-
ton; Forrest L. Christian, Shelton
and Adaline Hovey, Shelton.
Ration Board
News
PROCESSED FOODS: Book
4—Green stamps K, L, M valid
now through March 20 at their
8, 5, 2 and 1 point values. Blue
stamps A8, BS, (78, D8, E8 valid
now through May 2.} worth 10
points each.
MEAT, BU"TER. CHEESE
AND FATS: Book 3, Brown
stamps .Y, Z ,\'al.‘.€l n'lw firm
'I
.4
March 20 at 8, 5. and 1 point
values. Book 1, lie»! stamps .
88, (‘8 valid now turn M
with '0 point-i (‘1',11‘. lied st. .
1'38 vziliri March 1??
RATE OK it i.) ii
point each use-1 as i‘ll‘dfif
processed foods and Illeziéni'als.
Sugar: Book i—Slamp 30
valid now thru March 31 for 5
pounds. Stamp 40 valid now
thru February 28, 1945, for "
l
'1‘fl‘.‘.EI~.'k~3
l
0
pounds home canning.
GASOLINE COUPONS: NOT
VALID UNLESS ENDORSED.
"A" No. {0 valid now through
March 21. “B” or “C” may be
renewed “it-bin but not. before
15 days from date shown on
Coven
SHOES: Book 1, stamp l8
valid indefinitely. Book 3, Air
plane stamp l, valid indefinitely.
'I'lRE lNSPECTlON: “A” ev-
ery 6 months (by March 31);
“B” every 4 months (by Feb
ruary 28); “C” every 3 months
(by February'28).
FUEL OIL COUPONS: Per-
iod 3 valid now through March
13 for 10 gallons per unit. Per-
iod 4 valid now thru September
30. Maximum consumption to
February ,28 of total yearly ra-
tion should not exceed 60 per
cent west of Cascades; 74 per
cent east of Cascades.
STOVES: Apply at local war
price and rationing boards for
purchase certificates.
PRICE CONTROL: Make m~
quiries and complaints to price
clerk at local war price and ra-
tioning board.